Noa Lur

Noa Lur (Bilbao, Spain,1983) is a 29 year old singer who began at the age of 7 to study ballet. Seven years later she took up musical training at the Conservatory of Bilbao where she studied singing technic, music theory and piano with the renowned opera singer Maria Bravo. Apart from that, she also supported these lessons with voice control sessions provided by Dr. Susana Ruiz and she had her first experiences on stage working on young artists tv shows for ETB1 and ETB2. At the age of 19, Noa moved to Madrid with the intention of becoming a great jazz vocalist. During this period, she attended acting classes at "La Lavandería" performing school, modern dance classes at "UCM" University and also modern and jazz singing classes with different teachers. In addition, she got a degree of Audiovisual Communications at the Complutense University of Madrid. It is during these years that she forges her experience on the stage and grows as a jazz vocalist working with different jazz, blues and funk bands so that she became a regular in the scheduling of Madrid Clubs. When she was 24 years old, Noa spent two years working as musical theater principal actress-singer for DBN Productions and WEP Entertainment, touring Italy, Portugal, Greece, Africa, Turkey, Malta… During this period and with two daily performances, she played “Cabaret”, “All That Jazz”, “Queen”, “The Prince of Egypt”, "Moulin Rouge" and other great music with a fantastic group of singers, dancers, acrobats… Once she returned to Spain and having enriched and improved her skills as an artist, she resumed her jazz bands in Madrid and the Basque Country and combined this practice with studying a Master of Event and Leasure Management at the University of Deusto, fact that leaded her to work at Universal Music Spain. Thanks to her academic training and experience as an artist, she was quickly promoted to Jazz Marketing Manager. Noa became product manager of artists like Christian Scott, Jose James, Lizz Wright, Erykah Badu or Ella Fitzgerald having great success with her initiatives and campaigns. Furthermore she was designated part of the Jury of the XIV edition of the Spanish Music Awards organized by Fundación Autor. This exciting but hard work didn´t allow her to spend on stage as much time as she aimed so she decided to left the company to pursue her true passion: jazz singing Since then, Noa Lur has taken part at festivals in Madrid "Festival de Jazz de Madrid", "Festival Ellas Crean", "La noche en vivo", and at others in the Basque Country and Cantabria as "Santurtzi Jazz & Blues" , "Sanbar Blues Festival", "Festival Noches de Jazz" and international festivals as “Nomme Jazz” where she got finalistat best young jazz singer. She´s been always surrounded by great artists like: Reinier Elizarde "El Negrón", Luis Guerra, Luis Vega, Bobby Martinez, Levin Ocaña, Gustavo Gregorio, James Peñalver, Michael Olivera, Ruben Salvador, Javier Martinez, Jon Celestino and many others. Furthermore, Noa has worked as dubber and announcer making music spots for Spotify and also has recorded soundtracks for short movies as "Mala Suerte" directed by the famous spanish humorist Ángel Martín. As for latest projects we could highlight her participation in the recording of Gustavo Gregorio´s "La Película de Gregorio" along with musicians like Bobby Martinez, Jorge Vera, Federico Lechner and others, and her participation as chorus girl for other projects as the album "Respirar" by Guillermo Garmendia. Currently, Noa acts in jazz clubs and festivals with her "Noa Lur Quartet" composed by pianist Luis Guerra, bassist Reinier Elizarde "El Negrón" and drummer and percussionist Michael Olivera. Besides, she continues persistently to develop her singing skills at the music school “Taller de Músicos” of Madrid, where Romina Balestrino, argentinian prestigious vocal coach, teaches and supports her. Apart from that she also studies music theory and harmony with Patricia Colaço and piano with Sebastian Jumilla. Noa Lur has recorded her first album at Infinity Studios in Madrid. This album is made up of personal voice and piano interpretations of some great standards and own compositions, accompanied by renowned national and international artists: Moisés Sánchez, Reinier Elizarde, Luis Guerra, Levin Ocaña, Luis Vega, Oreka TX and others. Though it´s a piano and voice album it also includes some special guests of other instruments, fact that brings a touch of different color to the whole work.